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The Garden Club of the Caldwells will meet this afternoon at 1
p.m. at the West Caldwell Civic Center. Member Lee Kovach will
present "Australia and New Zealand natural flora of other lands."
Members are requested to make a September Days arrangement of
flowers from their garden, arranged in a basket. For Horticulture:
1. collection o f annuals (3); 2. collection of perennials (3); 3.
Roses labeled: a)Hybrid Tea ( 1); b) Grandiflora (1); c) Floribunda
(1 spray). Refreshments will be served by Evelyn Bell, Bette Shade
and Alicia Keenan. Guests are welcome. Flower arrangements will be
placed in the Caldwell and West Caldwell libraries each week this
month by Pat Bank and Evelyn Bell. The club also provides
materials, and members assist patients with garden therapy projects
each month at St. Catherines Infirmary, located at Caldwell
College, Caldwell.

The next meeting will be at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 18. For
more information, call membership chairperson, Fran Gaestel at
226-0098.

Wilson fun fair set for Saturday

WEST CALDWELL TWP. All are welcome at the annual Wilson School
Fun Fair, which will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on
Saturday, Sept. 22. Admission is $3 per child, or $10 per family
for games, activities and unlimited fun. Refreshments will be
available. Wilson School is located on Orton Road in West
Caldwell.

Town Set to meet at Meyers

ROSELAND The September meeting of The Town Set of Roseland will
be held at noon on Saturday, Sept. 22, in the home of Flossie
Meyers.

Rotary Club meets at tavern

CALDWELL The Rotary Club of the Caldwells is now holding its
weekly meeting at the Cloverleaf Tavern, 395 Bloomfield Ave. The
club, which has served the Caldwells since 1951, meets at 12:15
p.m. on Tuesday. Anyone interested in becoming involved with the
club should contact M Susan Zwickle, president, at 276-0166, or the
club's membership chair, Dr. Ellen Garibaldi, at 618-9800 for
additional information.

Pack 9 to hold registration

WEST CALDWELL TWP. The Washington School-based Cub Scouts Pack 9
will host a sign-up and registration meeting at 7:30 p.m. on
Friday, Sept. 21, at the Washington School gym. All boys in grades
one through five are invited to sign up for a year of fun and
activities. The Pack 9 cub scouts provide an active program. Scouts
and their parents will participate in pack meetings, den meetings,
model car racing, hi king, sporting events and bus trips. For
further information call Cub Master Al Bernier at 228-8752, or
Committee Chair Mike Kovach at 226-3523.

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